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UCH PERSONS as may be willing to Con tiaet for Supplying this Hospital with 500 SACKS of i i : °l - I R, may d e li ver i n their Proposals to the D i rectors o f e and Hospital at this Place, on Saturday, the 29th Instant, 4 4 pi ' eV en o'clock in the Forenoon; and in the mean be furnished with Forms of Proposals, and acquainted r ft further particulars, by enquiring at the Steward's Office Qt`r‘: B• No Proposal will be received after the hour aforesaid, !tell any ►lB attended to that are nut agreeable to Me said 3 ; nor unless the Parties personally appear. VIC TIT , ILI , ING-OFFICP,.TaIy i 7, IBIS. tiE C O IIIIIIISSIO YE R . S for VICTUALLING i Votire, That 0 Nis illA.rEsTrs Y- - If'Y ( 1 ‘) hereb y ''''.- re I, , ti l e ready 1' 7'nesday, the 151 h of Septenilwr next, they '''' for a ? t 2, t eeive r e ,„/„.. 5 . / 71 , t e r iti teg r,eater/ up), and trea t cewin :: t iil YOf PRIME IRISH BEEF and1)011.1( 5 not ex , . . g be - . Tg A I Tierces of each species, to t re e "g•grezzate _en _:_attSl7)ll%. ( "red i i , the ensuin Season; „fte.thrhtlz pall thereof to Ar 4 6, )!`frker/ in Half-Puncheons, six-4ighth parts in Tierces, i-.'';',ll-I;er emiining. one-eig•hth part in Barrels; to be delivered t ..„ 71') hil .11„jestl ' i's Viet;alling Stores at Dept . " 'ord, Porto ,, • • - 4- 10. . ' , 0 ", Plymouth and Cork, in regular proportions of each o 'l i tion of C'n.ilts, by the periods tinder-mentioned, viz. (p e ,7third of t , t o f t h e whole/:/ the 141/i February, .., 4 , -ti t 1819, '''',!, t irilpart More by the 15th April, 4 If"'L'4,;,, re "o , third part by the 3lst Nay, 1 4 „, / ,. 'e Pratt for by Bills payable, withut Interest, sixty ~tar'tr date. , 0 , . / , ; 1. ' e er,oditions of tie Contract play be seen at the Secre hi; ,-, 6 , ( , )140 ', al this 0/lice ; or by applyixAf' to Mr. J. Tr. l l'et t 3 • : 14)111 P5 :4 •4 . ,7nt for the l'irtualling at Curb; to tA N '' ( -:: . it: ci,,,i ' ►i f . l'im . I !ajeito's Customs at Linwr irk,Belfast,.treu y , 0 0; •I'ieri or''; and to the Secretary to the Postmaste r -7: a 1 a t 12nblin, respectively. ef Ice? 1 1 , cr for a 1e,., q„„ „ I it,, titan Five Handred Tierce; )444 • 4 hundred' 'Ol Eir hundredTierces of Porh, will be at - 1 , ,... ; no r will regard be had to any; 7'ender in which the 4e :/ c e e t; 4alll ' ol he inserted in words at length, or that shall not 49, t Z A, d t" a the „„rdb,f,,,e One o'clock on the , said.s 'l'i,iio tes )4 4 e. I ' 4l ' , !1 Septe nt lp T nes t, nor un l ess . the Pen on v, I •,... it,,,,ee,. ,4,4lrter, or some Person Oil it is behalf hp,, ta,47P c alled for. • 4 't, t , 7 .'" "'kr crust be gcc"inlm s i gne d h ' ;.,° re,,, become bound with flied by a Letter 1 , -e poi?. here.!..,. Persons, enga;ring to %Il e 441 „,, i n tile 'Penal Squt of 151. per Cent. on Q ' • 14 ' , cite ' d ue i, e , : f urinauce of the Contract. . . '- t r,? ,, 1 11 ,,,1, , , l(?\rtaft,l,ll Equestrian Melo-Dra t tua l o i f iffi T n j i T ie fi c f , .. il y c O hi ll a. . tri - - t l'i 'IT, with its wor.dertu. an .. ..,.qll 3 , „e,' di.t, , ,„, : ,„ ‘i of and 11 """s Iti dread f u l ' having li' , ll ;',! 11 1.4il i l es: t "1-'.:'''' ' ' : ',ll)' f l a- ii, l tinctimi, who could notat 1-17eit:i.(1.1e4II('''1.4. : . 1 . ;"T ' i ' a 1. • i' 1 1 " . c t :7) 5 1 1\ o i b l . l a i t i ‘. t r n i : : is \ ','• : 1 11 F: l a t. t t' 'ut(lllfdi con fl ict. , 11 ';, - i', t l 'e •, '° e ' i; I' - 7 11.1 t: ;11 °, 11,encenituit of the AI eel,. and I\ C " l s l t , -ert'as:il i d i ::it i a ( nd for Places, he continued 'flute IL ( t t ) -11 ' 1 ', and then puFeitiye:y withdrawn. kid . AL AMPHITIIEATRE fASTLEY'S), er th e IVE.srxt I NST ER-B Et I ()GE. Pti l'ittroll,l " , e - ot their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE H ls ti.. REG.,,,i. il.„I Duhe of y„,,„.. i 5..„, ~,lay, I, N, trill 1, yEN 'NG, To-nrnon.:,-,_ a l 7( ticit ' lian Bur 1'11e1411,41- Preseuted a nets. oroad e"tuntc .ci • Bur ly th Al\''l)l7 F-INITLY AND THE ASCOT 30 . 0 k, !t:5..,. ti f,. e eouy s i. ( 4. 1 B .1 .tt i Six REAL PONILS % . ,vi el 144 rut t a nd S' ,. ‘ ,"" l, stal: t l -.s ie to l' i l ie decided in Five Heats, lour At„ - ~',' C ourse ' (lieing tin- third of et teile) each Heat. `tSlil,t ,)the..1,11,10.11,:F,N1 ,A..7',7s Fl ly , I , iy , A , 1., Aveiry: _ramp°. , ! i 00 . 0 v 01. I 1..,EL:1e . 5, acid ,Grand 1 . bi,nitit 'APZt,'e:'ldal,' ,Iri.,,•:\riirshrimia„. ttt •Iti 4 , l : le EX E ti n C " ' e lS N E,S 34 o ' n i ‘ . l' 0 . Ii )ISLS, by '!r. Wm • I ' l vit`tli n i . ., , 444,1,4"tiit pe,7l.e. F E11271 will go through her scientific 1,,. !..it: Nii\‘;','_,r4.nlc,!s on TWO ROPES, assisted i l y ifi lN c la a d n e i - I Ile „, h,ii, t . k I'EI{ZI ph ` l est hide with the Grand Equestrian and Pe 'lt I ' l " Meld-1 orati.a, in Lou) Paris, called litl itl ttel r i lE 3: t /01)-1, El) liNlfi I-IT. ~ 4 C 4„ 'l".,ratiil to terminate wit Ii the. Fortress on Fite, ,t,1"1-14ti,,,,s '441 AltilCk by HO, se Rile! :'cot. ...I,ll:ttellerlite:,?;eitiliaital-Fla_)l,f7p- a,tl,:ive, begin at Half-past Six.—Sc e, 144 Tuitiolt;"iur'Ltlies and Gentlemen from Nine till /1 1. t N----- -----------____ . eliN,',, Pere r equested tct direct the ati en! iou of , littitifl ~Zs afflicted :With Mental or. Bodily I)"('3s' Oti t i '4, I ) dity, Inward Wtestings Los,* of Appetite, Ill '''''''''''';.. "rie)-I". ' es'i" '). I SPirits, Tren'ing or Shaking of the (\TINr, ti, ~ N.„ Iltic and every other kind s ' f Eruption, Astherias, sli s , N I , it Ithi a l - s • ' . -' • • the i inilis t t , ,„ •Sf eminal Weakness, Pains in .. .. L , ,sf ),:41,,', :•onsumptive Habits, and all constitutional 14!ILLetIL ,siminediaielv to make trial of the Celebrated o•lt'.t,titt '''..(4-'iNi ,of RAE-ASA RI, or NATURE'S INFAL- Vttk,,44,01, (.1i -A /I'VE, as prepzlrcd and sold, Wholesale T i d,' s.f‘l. E,::,3•4011D.‘N, \t. D. at the EAST LONDON If t ; t • Ge„, - • . ' ABLlsli?.l ENT, No. 7, Cannon Street tt, t , ertti:liters,r in the I.;ast, Londwii. Ilittetl 't est ll,,,..).detitiowledged to he the most agreeable and I t h e , ; th. ativ e in all the above Complaints ever clis -44111'1744.14(1 'l ), t a l c 'e , b • l '' s(l , eases the mast violen . t pains i . it 41,1 . a im Ni ust , ibi o, and promotes gentle perspnat ion. ti, t & "ll l„,,ientl y " for langua-e t o ex:tress, or eloquence to 1 .q 4 51 ,1t C'en t , c ' the value of ^ this wontlerlul and itte"iiilmis -1,14,,44 th, a o restoring' health to the afflicted, and giving le/ 11 i . t tl f t l . t . fr hag.%".,(111.0. ,:lshotisnds have hl, rectoii . rc d to yerteit s t NO!Ni.:tl,. ~,r1 d, 5,,,,7: eell so reduced hr difterent diseases a , Ir" if essi:, ~"(I or, not only by their laitsilit s, but also ,ti , tq, ) 41,...4. nal attendant' ' '' . . 1 ;1 1 :,Ii t t,: 11 1;: ' t 1 ,11 1 ;.n . t . iel the Proprietor, ill bottles, 11 . s. is 11 4: 1 4.7(1tt1 e foL2eS, 11i 011 e, 20s. each, or four quantities in !,e Oi llt %. ' das. duty included, by which one 116. ,n`.111,-"Vd „,„.1"111111 N r illii," l L . t, ' )lem ...e . .. , tk t , It -,....-,41.,14.. le licine will keep in all climates, aild maY !iil'4',4lll ilir,ll; 1,, 41),..,Y,5t4(.1 Son's, Fleet -market ; Vail , e's, , v , i , „ -iIL, 4 tt' s " :1, 46 1 1 1 . 4 , Int , Strand ; T. Richards s. I So, vt ry it .%, 7 , tj rlee'lily; Barker's, 125, Oxford-street; 1., b q 4 rt9 . by ,IN':}I'll-Sitt!lq •• 'l'; , a ;'s, 10, Middle Bow, ,Cacho I I,j4ldie kir:t.tciolost respectable .Ntedicine Venders in li t ' etthe ilt thl '!4l4 lie: it . Ai1.,,,1t0 y , (if !C tl, at tiiis general opportunity of anno . iiiic- VC411 1 41 qrtrit eui. .oe still devotes his study exclusively ky Lt!lt e ,,:t e ttr kite „4.41„ "'lntl:nuts as a regular Member of t h - t ,413 tt : P I ui! f "ir ee..' el ' Ysi cians-- ' h e offers a spetily and t ITl7' l 4l' ) .;', # 'a ' 4,1 'tatitti!'"Yeriss of nervou s relaxation: di-seoses -ti, Pl ' ' 1 . : el,r 44 1 k, •• '' or of the most inveterate kind, are. L ., .I, ii : • e 1 , , ,, to tiny it.)4l , • • • t speedily aini h'ti t t, oit •, , et,,, , s of treat:lien , Nr', l, %i , i t . h t , , t) . 41, b , d Lin, i ,( lie, 4l ' l, o r „; , "."-inistilted •hy all ranks of PeoPle , 1,1,y ‘.lN,:'',llk,t,-.}',44,111.g 1'1; .11111 e ill the eveninv, al lb" Ea- '" 4 l'i l ts,„ ,I:.(iii, ,i,eiael-e! l.s,'"'"ot, No. 7, Cannon-street-road. t, thi , 0 ,4 `0e. „, ) , , '' , 4 I 'Tit' t,e,e., S*. Georges in the 'E , st; '4 141 tl te ' l ' I', n ic:o.i: : . : a Bank note, will . he itt‘exx4r:, .VieUicine scut to all part:, ul 11 F n 0. in bli ad a dd', ot,s his rfi i st Of I°B [V e ry: ily ad 810 • the '' `, 3 etitO til r h ` j e d use t ecer " of wife o il 0 0 li r vOOO Oi °4t° lg . wo rt: tudroo 14' A 6 4 rf 11 0 n ° fi e. Ic • br° 1 0 0 ' Fre e for e 1 ,14 sly s i p 0, W lls° :o t, o r i t ll; Ile bis r OO 'or 6 . , ° 0 0 lie t F' p op ;, t he ftre fore tc 4, ti d ir be 51 ' 1 6 e PZ,ef f r ° 11 e off IP° .. 1.1" i till 4 - 8 t . a ,. c, r 9 5 e t:,O :El# iLet 1 0 1 , ,,, 3 i ii F ro) ,) , i,4 : 1 0 041 ''',Y , r ~, . F ~ ` oy THURSDAY. AUGUST 27, 3818. SECOND-lI.IND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GOOD AS NEW. AN ORGAN, plays thirty tunes, Drum and Triangle, saves the vxpence of a Band ; fifty couple may dance to it ; there are some Psalm Tunes and Songs ; 38 guineas. A , Cabinet Piano• Forte, 40 guineas ; three Square Piano-Portes, at 30 guineas, 25 guineas, 90 guineas; Grand Horizontal Piano-Forte, 35 guineas ; Pedal Harp, complete, by Erard, 60 guineas, cost 90 guineas. May lie seen by daylight, at Mr. WATI,EN's, 13, Leicester place. Also his neiv improved Patent Oblique Piano-Fotte, so justly admired by every one for its touch and tone, elegant form, and moderate price, patronized by several Royal Fa milies and Nobility. On Tuesday, the Ist of September, be published, (lc WOOD's EDINBURGH MAGA ZINE, No. XVII. for August, 181 S. CONTHNTS. Remarks on Schlegel's History of Literature—Samuel Johnson and David Flume—Menil's Edition of Anta.ra—Re maths on the " Anonymous and Fugitive Esays of the Earl of Buchan"—ln my Younger- Days—The Cockney School of Poetry, No. IV.—Letter to the Committee of Dilettanti—Let ters of Timothy Tickler to eminent Literary Characters. Let ter V. To the Editor of Blackwood': Magazine,—The Mad Banker of Amsterdam; a Poem. Canto IV.—On the . Dress of the Elizabethan Age—On the State of Music in Edin hurgh—Remarks on Altham and his Wife—An Ancient Blue Stocking—Letter run Nell Gwyn—llorae Cantabrigienses, No. I. Epigrams translated—Hazlitt Cross-questioned—Ac count of some curious Clubs in London, about the beginning of the 18th Century—Aoalvtical Essa y s on the Early English Dramatists, No. V. Webster's White Devil, or Vittoria Co rivn hona—On the Great Madonna of Dresden—Letter from an English Officer to a Friend in Livcrpol—Tales of My Lindlord—Proposed Reform of the Beggars' Opera—Details respecting the Philippine Islands—Remarks on Currents— Discovery of Hauyne, in the Island of Tiree—A Word to the rival Huttonian and Wtrnerian Disputants—On the Vertical Strata of the Isle of Wight—On Shaksimare's Sonnets —Hay nArliet Theatre—Phantasmagoriana—Extracts - from Goss chen's Diary, No. I.—The iVorks of Charles Lamb—Literary and Scientific Intelligence—Monthly Register, &e. Printed f r Joan ,Mrjeasy , Albemarle -street, London ; and %%Milani Blackwood, 17, Prince's-street, Edinburgh, POLITICAL SKETCHES. (No. VI.) E— of I)- -... There is rather a lack of wit, or the Court of Chillies the Second would have suited him better than that of G. the T--; though as Wits are no Wits without a Gila, he might have held his place there, and Made one among the disso lute, merry -making- Nobility of those days. The scheme of uniting all parties, and bringing the Jacobites to Court, was a good one, and founded in wisdom ; but, like other good things, it has been attended with its inconveniences'. NEW ROAD. ' We are flinch pleased at learning that the sug gestion of a new and improved road from the eight mile stone on Roborough Down to Tavis tock, is taken up with a degree of spirit which is likely to ensure its being carried into effect.- 1:Ite proposed line of road was last week minutely iu , :vvered by a most respeetab!e assemblage of the neighbouring Gentlemen, and a Committee of the Trustees of the Turn;rike, when the survey, of Mr. Lakemau was nnanimously approved, and it was agreed to recommend its adoption, provided the Lund of the trust, ith the aid of voluntary sub scription, should be found adequate to defray the estimated expellees. Feeling as we do, in a na tional point of view, the importance of a sate and speedy conveyance from one park of the kingd,,,,» to another, we cannot but he highly gratified at the noble and liberal example which has been set by his GrMce the Duke of Aeulford, by offering; a (lunation of one thousand pounds, toivards thk de sirable undert ; and it has been signified, through Mr. Wilson, to he his Grace's intention th e valtp.ble land belonging to him, over vt - hich the intended road is to be made. We also learn with much satisfaction, that a few public spirited individuals, who met on this occasion, subset ib,d the sun) of eight hundred pounds by ,vRy of loan, free of interest, besides donations and liberal offers of advances upon the security of the toils, which we are happy to find are not like ly to be increased by the intended improvement. The many seeu and dangerous hills between these towns and Tavistoek, are too well known to ruAluite any par I ell Id r description trot': us. It the object of the proposed lime of wad had merely embraced the idea of lessening the tre mendous hill near Horrabridge, we should have deemed the plan wed worthy tl►e atten- live consideration of the trustees of that turn pike ; but when it is demonstrated that by wind ing round, instead of mounting over the summit of this terrific I►ill, the ascent and descent may be accomplished by an easy inclined plane of less than one toot in thirty, and the line of road ex tended in like manner to Tavistock, it is too ob vious to require further explanation ; that less power will do the same quantity of work, and that there will not only be a considerable saving in la bour horses, but that the distance from place to place will be performed in less time,it most be very de..irable„that every facility should be given to the intercourse between the populous towns of Ply mouth, Dock, and the interior of this extensive county, the key to which is the markets of Tavis- - tuck , which by an improved road will'open a re ciprocal trade, and by an exchange of produce for merchaAdise, prove advantageous to the iuha bitants ot the neighbouring districts. We there fore earnestly hope, that t;o private feeling, or pecuniary consideration, will stand in the way ot an improvement so evi&ntly beneficial to the mum unit y. —(Plymott th Telegraph.) It is in agitation to establish a grain market at Ayr, and a meet►ng is called to take the subject into consideration. Among the arguments in fa vour of a market at Ayr, the following are stated: The circumstance that the produce of grain in that county exceeds t he consumpt ion ; that the ti me of a seller would he saved by the establishment of a market ; and that the situation of Ayr is fa vourable, being a sea-port. It is matter of asto nishment that there is no grain market in Glas gow. The ()lion beds this year are sp short of their ordinary produce, owing to the great devastations wade by the sings in the spring, that this root ac tually sells in sonic places at front a guinea to 265. the bushel. So scarce are French beans, in consequence of the l u ng contin►►ation of the dry weather, iat ones sold yesterday, Covent• Garden Market, at ball-a•crows'n the quartet) measure. E— of M— —. When a Peer of the Reaisu, scorning the frivolous pur suits of pleasure, and not impressed with any daring ideas of amb.tion, considers his station as possessing duties which he is resolved to fulfil, not only by constant attendance upon thernOipt by indefatigable endravoors to qualify himself to attend with effect, it is an event of glad importance to his country. The greater part of the Peerage consider them selves as born for themselves alone ; or, as Lord Hervey de scribes them, merely to dress and vote ; without considering the important station they hold in Government, and how ne cessary it is that they should be qualified to fulfil their ditties with honour to themselves, and advantage to their Country. Some, who have slid into profitable employments, in the course of Office have acquired a degree of knowledge which they would not otherwise have obtained : others, stimulated by a spirit of opposition, have become well-informed me❑ : but there appear very few, indeed, who, from proper views of their rank and station, and a just sense of the duties con nected with. them, have taken the necessary pains to gain that information, without which they cannot be essentially altd honourably serviceable to their Country; in short, with out which it is - imposiible they can do their duty. The sup potting a particular Party without examination, and with a blind, careless, partial attachment, is an unworthy mode of exercising the powers and using the privileges vested in a Peer by the Constitution. The living at a distance from the seat of their duties, or the being so continually involved in the engagements of pleasure and, fashion as not to have time to attend them, and the consequent transferral of their vote to the disposition of another, is very disgraceful ; neverthe less, this is no uncommon practice. It may be said that the wheels of Government are less obstructed by such a neglect; but, on the other band—!s nut the Pension List proportion ably increased by it ? A Peer who not only knows his duty well, but attends it, with zeal and integrity, and pursues his purposes with steadi ness and resolution, may look to the honours and entolu- vents of his Country, - without any disgraceful motive being imputed to hint. Such a man, in internal dignity, and lam sure in internal comfort, need not envy the Sovereign on the throne :--nay, there are many seasons when the Sovereign on the throne will envy him. ll— of A— —. This man is formed to be about the person of a King. Such men add to the appearance and state, in sonic degree, necessary to a Court. He loves parade, and understands it; indeed, it belongs to his hereditary employment : though I have been told, that he was exceedingly mortified to find the decorations of Westminster Hall, at the Coronation, far ex ceeded by those with which the Citizens of London adornd their Guildhall, when they entertained the Royal Family. His termer experience in horses, will, I hope, be of use to me in the station he now possesses.—l wish he would be con tent without a Blue Ribbon !* It is a proverb frequently on the tongues of politicians, That a man should live with his friends as though they mig'at one day be his er.em►ics; and with enemies, as though the time ►night arrive when they would become friends. Politi cal ff iendships seem to be so different from all others, that the rules which might be laid down and followed with re spect to them, would not be consistent with the unions of domestic life; nay, on the contrary, would totally destroy them. Caution is very necessary in forming friendships.; but, when they are once formed, reserve and suspicion should be banished for ever. To live, therefore, with friends as if they might one day become enemies, is supposing what a real friend can never be. The first part of the proverb, there fore, seems to me to be improper, while the latter ought to be adopted in every situation of life. To - suppose that the mein we cherish in our bosoms may one day aim their daggers at them, is an idea replete with suspicion, and should trot be promoted : ,but to imagine that enemies roar• become friends, is a delightful ground of hope, and might, for every reason, be encouraged either in a poli tical or morarsense. However, the last part of the proved: makes no part of Lord 'l' —'s creed : his enmities are very rancorous indeed ; he wears his hostilities very proudly, and does not always forget them to those even of his own house. If it is determined, that in politics lasting friendships are im practicable, it should lie hoped that enmities would be equally liable to change : this would be real ing some kind of balance between the two dispoitions; and the uncertainty of dislike he opposed to the uncertainty of regard. When, ierefore, the latter is only visible; when we see a man Grm in his enmities, and uncertain in his regards, what are we to determine of him ? and particularly when the hostile spi- rit not only discovers itself irrdeclaratious and general acts of opposition, but in continued breaches of good manners and common decorums ? We should consider his friendship as a disgrace, and his enmity as au honour. 4 ' But be was not contented without it, and at last ob tained it, hut lived a very sLort time to enjoy the long wished-fur hawhlr. We understand it is the intention of the Com mittee of Burgesses to call a general meeting of the Burgesses at litge, to he held on the 22d S e pt em ber, for the purpose of expressing their sentiments regarding-the hoe d ec i s i on o f th e Privy Comicil,.andtor adopting such resolutions for the tOture proceedings of the Burgesses as shall be then a6rced upon.—(dterdeen Chamicle.) PRICE SEVENPENC F. LTTERAIIY REVIEW. MR. 'CLARKE ABEL'S JoUItNEY IN THE INTERIOR OF CHINA The ptiblic curiosity having been rather stimu• late(' than sat isfi,d by the accounts hitherto pub. lished of the late Embassy to China; the appear. auce of tl►is long promised Work has been looked for with considerable impatience. Mr. ABEL has acted judiciously it takMg due time to mature it, and has certainly shewn more genuine respect both for himself and his readers, than if, availing himself of the popular rage for novelty, he had hurried his journal through the press, and trusted to the attraction of the subject as an excuse for all imperfections. The scientific nature of his undertaking, indeed, demanded greater delibera tion and more extensive research than are usually exacted from ordinary travellers ; and in the dis charge of these imperious obligations, he might contentedly forego the chance of ephemeral no toriety, for the sure prospect of a well-grounded aml durable reputation. - The narrative, included in a relation of the voyage outward and homeward, contains an ac count of the most interesting transactions of the Embassy, and may be said to comprise all that he predecessors of the writer had left If half- told." But these advantages, thou g h great, are only of secondary importance, compared .vith the researches and discoveries in natural .history which form the distinguishing feature of the work. By his intelligence and zeal in tlicepur suits, Mr. ABEL has amply justified the high ,re commendation to which he owed his station in. '- the Embassy, and it is pleasing. ►o add, that his descriptions are delivered in a much happier style than that which Professors in general deign to -. adopt. They are dives.ed, as much as possible, of technical formality, and are relieved, by apt and. lively illustrations, from the ft igid brevity of strict definition ; we may characterize them in short, by observing►, that they unite the resolute. ac curacy of PENNANT, with the simplicity and grace of St. PIERRE. We shall dose our notice of this interesting work for the present, by citing the author's de scription of the camphor tree, and of ths process for extracting the gum. " In giving some account of the magnificent plants which often adorned the banks of the river, during our progress through the southern pro vinces of China, I must not omit to mention Om camphor tree, Lauri's camphora, growing to the size of our largest elms or oaks, in the provinces of Kiang-si and Canton. The Chinese affirm that it sometimes attains the height of more than three hundred feet, and a circumference greater than can be embraced by the extended arms of hrenly men. We saw no instance of its mavii- rude tl►at at all jusiifiod this description. The largest that was turasured by the persons of the Ethba..sy was 20 feet in circumference, and about fifty feet high, and was chiefly remarkable for the size of its l?ranches; many of them being nine feet in circumference. " The camphor ob.'.ained from this tree is less valued by the Chinese than that which they pro cure from Borneo. This preference probably de pends on the adulteration of the article by the Chinese manufacturer, since the mode of relining it is well known. The piocess pursued in many respects resembles that . used hi Japan, and has been described by.the Pere d'Entrecolles. Fresh, gathered branches of the tree having been steeped for two or three days in water, are then boded in a proper vessel, being the whole time conti nually stirred about with a stick, till the guni he gills to adhere to it in the form at a ,‘ bite jelly. The fluid is then poured off into a glazed vessel, and atter being at rest for some hours, is found concreted. The el ode camphor is then pu. rifled in the following manner. A quantity of the finely powdered materials of some old wall, built of earth, is put as a first layer at the bot tom of a copper basin ; on this is placed a layer of camphor, and thin another of earth, and so on till the vessel is nearly filled; the series being terminated with a layer of earth. Over this is laid a covering, of the leaves of the plant Po-Ito, per haps a species of Menihq. A second basin is now inverted over the first, and luted on. The whole, thus prepared, is put over a regulated tire, and submitted to its action for a certain length of rime; it is then !moved uiiil sutiered to'cool.— The . complior is found to have sublimed, and to be attached to !he upper basin. ]t is further re fined by repetitions of the same process. " Besides the Laurus camphora, I found ano ther species of laurel highly impregnated with the pungency; amid flavour of the gum, and which is probably used by the Chinese for its extraction. li so neatly resembled its congener when grow- in{;, as to require a close examination to distin guish. it is, however, distinctly srpaiated by the form of its leaves And the distribution of their nerves. The camphor tree is one of the ptiuripai t i m ber trees of Chit!:,, being used in buil/hug, a:id in the labnication vi tutidei of furniturn.''